I've finished that chapel I was painting. The Pope is quite satisfied.

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I've finished that chapel I was painting. The Pope is quite satisfied.

Michelangelo

1512

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Michelangelo. Letter to his father. Oct. 1512.

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I've finished that chapel I was painting. The Pope is quite satisfied. — Michelangelo

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